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Arriving in Australia

Sometimes it can be difficult to determine exactly when and where your convict ancestor arrived in Australia. You may need to check a few of the following sources to find the person you are looking for.

Sources of information for arrival

Convict transportation registers

Convict transportation registers generally includes the convict's name and their sentence, the name and date of departure of the ship on which the convict was transported to Australia, and the colony in Australia a convict was sent.

Convict indents

Convict indents record the arrival of convicts into New South Wales. Convict indents generally provide the following information:

Fremantle Jail convict databasesNationalSearch for convicts to Western Australia either by name of ship or convict name. Information includes date of birth, marital status, occupation, court of sentencing, length of sentence, ticket of leave date, conditional pardon date.

Convict CentralWestern AustraliaSearch the index to Western Australian convicts at Convict Central.

Tasmanian Names IndexTasmaniaUse the Tasmanian Names Index on the LINC Tasmania website to find digitised conduct records of convicts who arrived in Tasmania.

Networked resources in the Library

Networked resources are CDROM resources which can be accessed on all Library PCs.